G/AG/N/JPN/267  
 
13 April 2022  
(22-3032) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  11 April  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the Decision on Measures 
Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least -Developed and Net 
Food-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) during the Calendar Year 2018 . 
 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MONITORING OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DECISION ON MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR  2018 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
1.1.  The Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase food. The total amount 
of the funds that GOJ granted was USD 31.9  million in the calendar year 2018 (Refer to the 
annex   for details on shipments made in 2018).  
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
2.1.  All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
 
3.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to the 
count ries listed as Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries 
in G/AG/5/Rev.10.  
i. Fully grant form:  
 Grant aid  USD 84.10  million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 114.30  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 275.89  million  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
4.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries2. 
i. Fully grant form:  
 Grant aid  USD 145.37  million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 175.83  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 813.64  million  
  
 
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry).  
2 Including aid given to Eastern Europe and graduated countries.  G/AG/N/JPN/267  
 
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  ANNEX  
Food Assistance Convention, 2018: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount  
(MT)  FOB Value  
(USD)  
Namibia  Wheat and Wheat flour  395 143,684  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice 8,501 3,085,060  
Benin Rice 9,280 3,815,580  
Djibouti  Rice 302 131,272  
Burundi  Rice 5,716 2,346,094  
Comoros  Rice 4,340 1,781,204  
Nepal Rice 4,965 2,037,798  
Niger Rice 6,504 2,669,436  
Haiti Rice 5,938 2,437,042  
The Gambia  Rice 4,099 1,596,247  
Mali Rice 6,428 2,628,113  
Togo Rice 4,788 1,983,238  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice 3,391 1,404,618  
Afghanistan  Wheat and Wheat flour  2,895 1,033,611  
Vegetable oils  218 141,305  
Burkina Faso  Rice 2,552 833,250  
Central African Republic  Coarse grains  579 391,662  
Vegetable oils  20 15,405  
Chad Rice 573 201,412  
Coarse grains  157 56,761  
Vegetable oils  45 35,248  
Guinea  Rice 1,404 477,740  
Coarse grains  447 151,276  
Vegetable oils  283 218,186  
Liberia  Rice 519 176,727  
Coarse grains  104 32,760  
Vegetable oils  87 67,210  
Madagascar  Rice 2,102 711,402  
Sierra Leone  Rice 1,080 368,836  
Coarse grains  25 7,606 
Vegetable oils  24 18,337  
South Sudan  Coarse grains  1,910 557,741  
Vegetable oils  205 157,033  
Yemen  Vegetable oils  723 154,012  
 
 
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